I guess Media Matters wasn’t enough? Interesting that they specifically target Fox News via the “Rupert Murdoch” mention. But I’d take their advice and send them alerts, there’s plenty of misrepresentations in the media daily:
Monitor the print and broadcast media outlets in your area and alert us to misrepresentations about global warming. Send alerts to Aaron Huertas at sciencenetwork@ucsusa.org.
From the Union of Concerned Scientists:
Promoting Climate Science for the Public Good
See our national advertising campaign
For centuries science has made the world better for all of us. It’s made our food, our air, and our water safer. It’s made our lives more productive and efficient. Science has brought us many of the conveniences we take for granted in our day-to-day lives.
But recently, science, and especially climate science, has become a political football. Organized interests seeking to delay desperately needed actions to reduce heat-trapping emissions have manufactured controversies and misrepresented the facts.
Such tactics are meant to sow confusion and lull the public into a dangerous complacency. But we will not let those who deny and distort climate science succeed.
UCS is leading a campaign to allow the voices of climate scientists to be heard and to educate the public about the overwhelming weight of the scientific evidence for human-caused global warming. To accomplish this, we are taking a number of steps, including the following:
- Working with climate scientists from around the country to disprove fallacies and educate the public about the real facts on global warming.
- Developing and distributing clear, accessible information to help the media and the public understand the science behind our changing climate.
- Building American pride in the dedicated researchers who are working to understand and adapt to the consequences of our changing climate.
- Partnering with Americans from all walks of life to set the record straight on global warming pollution and the urgent need to rein it in.
What You Can Do
- Monitor the print and broadcast media outlets in your area and alert us to misrepresentations about global warming. Send alerts to Aaron Huertas at sciencenetwork@ucsusa.org.
- If you are a scientist, we have many ways that you can get involved. Learn more by contacting Jean Sideris at sciencenetwork@ucsusa.org
- Tell Rupert Murdoch: Get the Facts Straight. Send a message today.
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h/t to WUWT reader DocattheAutopsy
Or, you can customize their message and send it, as I did;
Dear Mr. Murdock,
AGW is a sham industry set up for the consolidation of power and the enrichment of those in power.
Please help us get the truth out; Global Warming is not the catastrophe portrayed by Al Gore and his cadre of scientific henchmen.
Global warming has occurred recently just as it has occurred in the past and isn’t very unusual.
Current global warming is not at all out of the ordinary and the notion that it is primarily driven by anthropogenic CO2 emissions is an exaggeration of our current knowledge. CO2 may play a role, even a significant role, but the ‘tipping points’ referred to by the alarmists simply do not exist or we would have never had the last three ice ages. Further, some degree of warming is clearly beneficial to life on this planet, or at least it has been in the past.
Finally, current “scientists” seem to have vested themselves in proving the hypothesis of AGW which should inherently disqualify them from further scientific endeavor (at least at public expense) on the matter. When questioned about their methodology and data several claim to have lost it, several claim that this (publicly funded) research is proprietary and all of them stoop to ad hominem attacks on those questioning the science and many have engaged in the subversion of the peer review process. At this point the whitewash investigations by the several institutions involved are demonstrably insufficient and they are clearly covering up academic fraud to protect those institutions. If you have a reporter who could read through the FOIA file and attached code, which I have in my possession, and could conduct a serious investigation, you could break this whole thing wide open. It’s what news organizations used to do. This is bigger than Woodward and Bernstein. They just discovered a president who covered up some dirty tricks used in a campaign. This AGW scheme involves the subversion of entire nations under the guise of saving the planet. There are a lot of powerful people who stand to make a TON of money on the backs of the middle class, working poor and people in lesser developed nations. These leaders and captains of industry know the full story and are complicit. The scientists aren’t necessarily willing accomplices to these people but they know where their bread is buttered and they’ve been taught not to rock the boat. As such they are useful idiots to the plans of those who stand to benefit.
I am a simple journeyman accountant with a strong background in statistics and yet even I can show you the flaws in their methodology. There’s even a new study out which eviscerates Mann’s hockey stick; McShane & Wyner 2010, Annals of Applied Statistics.
In short; keep up the good work and let’s run these charlatans out of the castle.
“REPLY: Oh this could be fun – Anthony”
What would be really fun is that seeing that James Cameron chickened out of a debate on the science, that Joe challenges him to a wrestling match! Oh to hear the sound of a twig snapping!
Why won’t any of these guys ever tell us just what ” the overwhelming weight of the scientific evidence for human-caused global warming” is supposed to be ?
Maybe they are too “overwhelmed” to find any ?
“”” tallbloke says:
August 25, 2010 at 2:18 pm
“For centuries science has made the world better for all of us. It’s made our food, our air, and our water safer. “
Lol. “””
Well as far as I can remember, air and water have always been safe. And the same pretty much goes for food. All of them fall under the heading “Moderation in all things is good.”
But soem sources of food such as buffalo steaks or a thresher shark steak can be hazardous if you don’t prepare it properly before eating; dead it preferrable to live when it comes to both sharks and buffalo for food; but even then you can choke on it.
To the extent that the Heimlich manouver can be said to be science (medical), I suppose choking on a hot dog is about as hazardous as it has always been.
I found 3 articles in the New Zealand Herald, from this week, 2 articles in the Melbourne Age, and 3 just from today in the Solomon Star.
I hope he does something about them
🙂
The more you tighten your grip, Gore, the more media outlets will slip through your fingers.
Gore: Not after we demonstrate the power of this rotund carbon emitting body!
You can smell the desperation in the air, you can also watch it in the MSM.
Even the Gruaniad blogs are three to one against, the sound of a thousand grant applications going up the chimney is what motivates the “scientists”, grim stuff.
Joe Bastardi says:
August 25, 2010 at 10:00 am
Heh, Anthony, what do you say we start our own group.. The Union of VERY concerned scientists.
What about Union of Robust Scientists?
Alan Simpson not from Friends of the Earth says:
August 25, 2010 at 3:49 pm
You can smell the desperation in the air, you can also watch it in the MSM.
Even the Gruaniad blogs are three to one against, the sound of a thousand grant applications going up the chimney is what motivates the “scientists”, grim stuff.
The shame of it is going to be the absolute tarring with the same brush of all science once this is all over. Rather like those that were reamed during the Great Depression and who never tolerated banks again, it may take 2-3 generations before broadstroke cynicism about scientists and their possible political agendas finally disperses.
It’s a rather unfortunate fact that people who stop believing in something, don’t believe in nothing – rather they believe in anything. We already have people who believe in the power of crystals – I don’t want to even think of what may be next…
From: mkelly on August 25, 2010 at 9:36 am
Does this count? ITC-100 HT, product of International Technical Ceramics. It’s used for forges, kilns, and other applications to retain heat, and is very effective.
http://www.ceramicsguides.com/RefractoryCeramics-KilnLinings.htm
As used for kilns, note the temporary kiln made from plywood coated with ITC-100.
http://www.budgetcastingsupply.com/ITC.php
Info on all four related ITC products.
http://www.anvilfire.com/sales/ITC/100_2.htm
Application instructions for the ceramic coating.
http://www.weavermateriel.com/Weaver/itc%20brochure.htm
Brochure with photos of the ITC products in use. See the sheet of plywood being used as a temporary furnace door? With that much light coming through the plywood, you know it’s very hot on the other side of it.
It’s described as IR-reflective, fantastic energy savings are achieved with just the normal thin layer of this ceramic coating. Now your home is not a kiln, I don’t know how good it’ll work applied to the house’s sheathing, whether plywood or planks. But properly applied to your water heater or home furnace, underneath the normal fiberglass insulation, it should save you some energy. Heck, I wonder how it’ll work on the sides and lids of metal stove-top cookware, applied on the outside of course. Considering how much heat is normally radiated during cooking, one could save some good money right there.
How much the “domestic engineer” of the house will like the aesthetics of cookware with said ceramic coating, is another issue.
to reduce heat-trapping emissions have manufactured controversies and misrepresented the facts.
Haven’t they heard yet of the negative feedback from H2O?? And they are scientists?
Partnering with Americans from all walks of life to set the record straight on global warming pollution and the urgent need to rein it in.
And scientists say co2 is a pollutant??
alert us to misrepresentations
Ok. Here is one:
The title ‘ Union of Concerned Scientists’ is a misrepresentation since it is not comprised of all scientists. ‘Union of Concerned Activists’ is the correct title.
Please correct your misleading name. And please give it immediate attention since it is good for those who live in glass houses to not throw stones.
http://wattsupwiththat.com/2010/08/25/union-of-concerned-scientists-start-media-watch-program/#comment-466760
email with misrepresentation sent successfully 🙂
These guys are just ‘scientists’ concerned about their cushy jobs.
Required reading on UCS: http://activistcash.com/organization_overview.cfm/o/145-union-of-concerned-scientists
After nuke testing stopped, they went after nuclear power. They are opposed to all modern agriculture. Basically they are paranoid, anti-science luddites.
Tom Rowan says:
August 25, 2010 at 11:33 am
“DDT is a highly stable and inert miracle compound. It has no documented affects on any wildlife whatsoever. But DDT kills mosquitos and bed bugs”
I hope you see the error with your statement? (hint mosquitoes are wildlife)
http://afsjournals.org/doi/abs/10.1577/1548-8659%281946%2976%5B315%3ARTOSAO%5D2.0.CO%3B2?journalCode=fitr
“On July 23, 1947, a 1-mile section of Back Creek, treated the previous year with a DDT suspension with little damage to fish, was re-treated with an oil spray at the same rate (1 pound per acre). The oil spray killed about six times as many fish as the suspension formula.
Fish began dying within 3 to 4 hours after treatment,”
I think fish are wildlife. DDT kills many insects some of which are beneficial.
DDT is NOT banned for malaria control!!!!!!
\harry
Just sent this as an alert to the UoCS:
“…to allow the voices of climate scientists to be heard …” They’re kidding aren’t they? All the mainstream media ever gives is the AGW view.
“…and to educate the public about the overwhelming weight of the scientific evidence for human-caused global warming” I.e to propagandise and lobby for the AGW cult.
Hey Joe Bastardi, looks like things may be about to pick up on one of your drivers…
http://scienceblogs.com/eruptions/
Boris Behncke’s prediction 4-5 months ago is happening. An explosive eruption at Etna. Not too bad yet…
A busy day for Etna and Galeras
http://scienceblogs.com/eruptions/2010/08/a_busy_day_for_etna_and_galera.php
Galeras Erupts
http://scienceblogs.com/eruptions/2010/08/galeras_erupts.php
Great idea to send these self-deluding ‘scientists’ what they ask for, but I suggest not giving them any clue that a link isn’t to the type of article they expect – make them read it to find that out!
How about the “Union of Unconcerned Scientists?
Who’s concerned about a little more CO2? If history is any guide, our concern should be that we won’t be getting any more global warming.
Expect your submissions to be edited or deleted as in RC.
Z says:
August 25, 2010 at 4:40 pm
It’s a rather unfortunate fact that people who stop believing in something, don’t believe in nothing – rather they believe in anything.
And that is the real danger here. When this all falls over, there will be a LOT of people whose trust in science will be completely shattered. If they are from the large group of people who don’t really ‘believe’ in anything else such as an organised religion, they’ll be looking for something new to believe in. There are plenty of deceitful and manipulative people waiting in the wings to oblige, and they’re already moving…
Hi concerned union folks,
NOAA head Jane Lubchenco, while at OSU distributed, worldwide, her fabricated link between AGW-global warming and Oregon’s ocean Dead Zones and the Oregonian newspaper and editorial board echoed every contrived thing Jane uttered about it. Gavin Schmidt’s RealClimate blog regulars were somehow convinced Lubchenco had scientifically established the link.
“We seem to have crossed a tipping point,” Lubchenco said.
Jane Lubchenco: Since 2002, every summer now, we have seen a dead zone off the coast of Oregon and Washington.
“Areas that used to be very, very productive are now becoming wastelands, if you will, ‘dead zones’, because of insufficient oxygen in the water that is a result of these combined oceanic and atmospheric changes that we think are most likely related to global climate change.
Now with record harvests from the “dead zone” the paper doesn’t mention a word about global warming or Jane Lubchenco? Instead the paper poo poos the whole thing and quotes a retired bureaucrat instead of Lubchenco.
Google this oregonlive.com ocean dead zones and see the string of nonsense.
So what happened to the tipping point of death?
Never mind?
http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2010/08/and_now_a_crab_bounty.html
A crab bounty
Published: Wednesday, August 25, 2010, 10:30 AM
The Oregonian Editorial Board
It was four years ago this month that a state marine ecologist described a Dungeness crab carnage off Oregon’s coast. Hal Weeks, after peering into waters off Cape Perpetua, told this newspaper the pileup looked like so many “jellybeans in a jar — you just can’t count them, there were so many.”
The ocean was killing them.
A vast oxygen-starved layer of water had blanketed Oregon’s central coast with a “dead zone” in which few creatures, including crab, could live. Dead zones of smaller magnitude had annually preceded the big killer, but the phenomenon by 2006 fueled fears that the ocean was in a strange and dangerous tailspin.
Happily, that seems now to be history.
Last week could hardly have been a better one in Oregon’s Dungeness crabbing community, which closed out the season punching up some very big numbers. The haul from the past 8 1/2 months is 23 million pounds — a figure that may well hit 25 million pounds once all pots are brought in, by the end of the month.
So far the value of the harvest to more than 400 crabbers exceeds $40 million, with tens of millions more in estimated economic impact in coastal communities. This is the fourth season in a decade in which the haul exceeds 20 million pounds, infusing families and businesses with real income.
While the world’s oceans show the ravages of acidification and a decline in oxygen-producing phytoplankton, highly productive nutrient-rich waters have been returning to the Oregon coast — and with them our marine bounty.
It is a good thing that may once have been taken for granted. No more, though.
Now it seems more a gift than ever.